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Vancouver Cocktail Week announces 2023 lineup, March 5 to 11

Cocktail-paired dinners, walking tours, and special Happy Hours among the highlights

CULINARYGail JohnsonFebruary 6, 2023Vancouver Cocktail Week, Cocktails

Theatre review: Émilie Monnet's Okinum mesmerizes in a spiritual journey

The interdisciplinary artist’s performance at PuSh Festival draws on Anishinaabe teachings

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 4, 2023Indigenous, PuSh Festival, Quebec, Emilie Monnet

Touchstone Theatre presents The Wrong Bashir March 2 to 12

Ismaili playwright Zahida Rahemtulla’s mistaken-identity comedy hits the Firehall Arts Centre stage

THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 3, 2023Partner Content, Touchstone Theatre

Film reviews: Saint Omer takes an enigmatic look at courtroom drama, while Descendant plunges into a modern-day search for a slave ship

Both films, part of Black History Month screenings at VIFF Centre, untangle true events

Théâtre la Seizième grows a green thumb in Le Potager, February 4 and 5

Quebec’s Le Petit Théâtre de Sherbrooke brings its kid-friendly French show to Vancouver

THEATREGail JohnsonFebruary 3, 2023Theatre la Seizieme, French, French theatre, Quebec

Vancouver Opera presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream February 11, 16, and 19

Benjamin Britten’s romantic, atmospheric opera makes its VO debut with two evening performances and a Sunday matinée

OPERAStir VancouverFebruary 2, 2023Partner Content

Theatre review: The Cull delivers focused performances in its look at people's varying moral compasses

Director Mindy Parfitt’s take on the play by Michele Riml and Michael St. John Smith spotlights its humanist-oriented dialogue

THEATREGail JohnsonFebruary 2, 2023Arts Club Theatre, Arts Club, Mindy Parfitt, John Cassini, Homepage feature

Advance Theatre Festival Week 1 unveils staged readings by female and BIPOC writers, to February 3

Playwrights include Yvonne Wallace and Jessica Liang at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts series

Chor Leoni sings in spring with PopCappella III

The choir breathes new life into top 40 favourites backed by a full band of Vancouver’s finest

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 2, 2023Partner Content

The Improv Centre turns February into a month of romance and giggles

Valentine’s Day–themed programming proves how love and laughter go hand in hand

COMEDYJanet SmithFebruary 1, 2023comedy, improv, The Improv Centre, Allen Morrisson, Homepage feature

In Soldiers of Tomorrow, actor-playwright Itai Erdal's story of his Israeli army service triggers larger questions about conflict

In a one-man show that will “piss off both sides”, the theatre artist looks back on time in military with new eyes

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 1, 2023Itai Erdal, The Elbow Theatre, PuSh Festival

Italian food in Vancouver: two new restaurants join the scene; global praise for another

The Farmhouse gets fresh in East Van; Gastronomy plays in Gastown; and Cioppino’s named among the world’s best Italian restaurants

CULINARYGail JohnsonFebruary 1, 2023Vancouver food, Vancouver restaurants, Cioppino's, Italian, Italian food, The Farmhouse

Vancouver artists nominated for 2023 Juno Awards include Suzie LeBlanc, Ruby Singh

Among the other local nominees are musica intima, Hard Rubber Orchestra, and Dan Mangan

Karin Jones's Ornament and Instrument exhibit opens at the Burnaby Art Gallery on February 3

Show includes Worn, a Victorian mourning dress crafted from synthetic hair, alongside new works

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverFebruary 1, 2023Partner Content, Burnaby Art Gallery

Vancouver marks Black History Month 2023 through the arts

Film screenings, concerts, a photo exhibition, a dance performance, and more explore Blackness throughout February

Vancouver Bach Choir celebrates love's many forms in Behind the Keys

The intimate evening features Maestro Leslie Dala and special guest Isidora Nojkovic, cello

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 31, 2023Partner Content

Acclaimed countertenor Reginald Mobley finds his freedom in the higher registers of Baroque music

He bookends his Early Music Vancouver concert Raise, raise the voice with Purcell and Ellington

KDocsFF 2023 presents Vancouver premiere of Oscar-nominated documentary Navalny

Also showing at Metro Vancouver's premier social justice documentary film festival: Rebellion, nominated for a BAFTA

FESTS, SCREENStir VancouverJanuary 30, 2023Partner Content

Vancouver International Dance Festival returns for 23rd year with ambitious lineup

From manic butoh to punk flamenco, the fest features artists from as far away as Senegal, Italy, Japan, and beyond

West Coast Modern Week announces 2023 program, from architectural tours to live music

The celebration of West Coast Modernism also features exhibitions, parties, lectures, and more

WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonJanuary 30, 2023

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